If I experienced this type of conference early in my career, I can only imagine some of the decisions I’ve made would have been more direct and clear.
— Mickalene Thomas, Visual Artist, Filmmaker, and Curator
2019 Highlights
Self Empowerment | Interview #1
Sustainability | Interview #2
Community | Interview #3
Yona Backer
Producer, Curator, Founder of Third Streaming
Danny Baez
Cultural Facilitator, Founder/Director of MECA Art Fair
Hannah Cole
Artist, Enrolled Agent, Founder of Sunlight Tax
Kris Collins
Managing Director of Cultural Projects, MGAC
Courtney Colman
Art Advisor, Curator
Susan (Suzy) Delvalle
President/Executive Director, Creative Capital
Karen DeTemple
Co-Founder, The Art of Change
Tiana Webb Evans
Arts Marketing, Communications Expert, Founder of ESP PR
JiaJia Fei
Director of Digital, Jewish Museum
Brendan Fernandes
Artist, Choreographer
Ben Fino-Radin
Founder, Small Data Industries
Trish Giannakis
Artist, Adjunct Professor, Creative Director
Deana Haggag
President/CEO, United States Artists
Jeanne Hardy
President/Founder, Creative Business Inc.
Patton Hindle
Senior Director of Arts, Kickstarter
Kemi Ilesanmi
Executive Director, Laundromat Project
Paddy Johnson
Freelance Art Writer, Founder of Art F City
Paul Ramirez Jonas
Artist
Lisa Kim
Director, The Ford Foundation Gallery
Jennie Lamensdorf
Director/Curator, Time Equities Inc. Art-in-Buildings
Jessica Lee
Attorney, Loeb & Loeb
Melissa Levin
VP of Artists, Estates, and Foundations, Artist Agency, Partners
Shari Loeffler
Author, Dancer, Model, Speaker
Sharon Louden
Artist, Educator, Advocate, Editor
Anibal Luque
Managing Attorney at Luque PLLC, Co-Founder of POWRPLNT
Kristin O'Keeffe Merrick
Financial Advisor
Maria Elena Murguia
Licensing Executive/Marketing Manager, Artists Rights Society
Shervone Neckles-Ortiz
Artist, Artist Programs Manager at Joan Mitchell Foundation
Hilary Neve
Head of Cultural Initiatives, Google
Deborah Obalil
President/Executive Director, Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD)
Amani Olu
CEO of Olu & Company, Founding Director of Detroit Art Week, CEO of IMG SRVR
Larry Ossei-Mensah
Susanne Feld Hilberry Senior Curator of Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Co-Founder of ARTNOIR
Alex Paik
Artist, Director of Tiger Strikes Asteroid
Nicole Polletta
Co-Founder, The Art of Change
Sara Raza
Curator, Writer
Prerana Reddy
Director of Programs, A Blade of Grass
Esther Robinson
Co-Executive Director, Artbuilt
Mark Rosen
Associate Director of Marketing, Artsy
Antwaun Sargent
Writer, Critic
Steven Sergiovanni
Art Advisor, Educator
Julie Solovyeva
Director of Cultural Programming, Neuehouse
Anisha Steephen
Director of Real Estate, Spaceworks
Alice Gray Stites
Museum Director/Chief Curator, 21c
Shannon Stratton
Artist–Curator, Writer, Host, Artist Advocate
Kay Takeda
Senior Director of Artist Programs, Joan Mitchell Foundation
Mickalene Thomas
Visual Artist, Filmmaker, Curator
Zefrey Throwell
Artist, Activist
Hrag Vartanian
Editor-in-chief/Co-founder, Hyperallergic
Amy Whitaker
Author, Faculty Member at NYU
Caroline Woolard
Artist, Assistant Professor at the University of Hartford, Founder of BFAMFAPHD